Outputs (2)

United Nations (and League of Nations) (2009)
Book Chapter
Plesch, D. (2009). United Nations (and League of Nations). In M. Kazin, R. Edwards, & A. Rothman (Eds.), The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History. Princeton University Press

The United Nations was created in 1942 as a political military alliance and went on to create a range of global institutions including those we know today. It tried to overcome the weaknesses of the League by creating more enforcement powers. Despite... Read More about United Nations (and League of Nations).

State Failure, Anarchy, War and Genocide (2009)
Book Chapter
Plesch, D. (2009). State Failure, Anarchy, War and Genocide. In N. Al-Rodhan (Ed.), Potential Global Strategic Catastrophes: balancing transnational responsibilities and burden-sharing with sovereignty (233-252). Lit Verlag

Global war and major regional war has been a major cause of these problems. It is dangerous that this problem is now rarely considered by publics, elites and the media as the latent conditions remain, especially nuclear weapons. History tells us tha... Read More about State Failure, Anarchy, War and Genocide.